On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:58 PM, David Sommerseth <dazo at users.sourceforge.net > wrote: > On 01/03/11 19:40, Boris Epstein wrote: > > Hello listmates, > > > > I am considering getting this multi-functional printer > (printer/scanner/fax): > > > > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6052773&CatId=2709 > > < > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6052773&CatId=2709 > > > > > > Has anybody used it under Linux? What was that experience like? > > After having had a Canon MP600 MFP device myself for some time, I would not > consider Canon at all. Driver support in Linux is far from optimal. You > got TurboPrint which kind of solves it, but on some platforms even > TurboPrint dies when printing too big documents. > > Canon tried to do some open source driver stuff for the Asian market, and > trying to rebuild that was a nightmare on 64 bit, because they basically > just supported 32 bit. And these drivers have not been updated for quite > some time. > > I also don't see MX870 in the supported list in the "Open Printing" project > [1]. So I wouldn't bet on good support out-of-the-box. A couple of the MX > printers are even classified as paper weights. > > Personally, I'm getting rid of my Canon soon, and I'm going for a HP > printer. It might not be the optimal vendor in regards to price. Print > quality is usually good, though. But they do support their devices with > open source drivers, which I do embrace. Another brand I would consider is > Epson. > > Sorry about the rant, but my Canon user experience in Linux is far from > good. The MP600 is a great device, hardware wise (except lacking IPv6 > support, even though the Canon support claims it has that). But I do > expect decent Linux support nowadays, or else I'll call it crap. So no > more Canon for me. At least until Canon does a real open source effort. > > > kind regards, > > David Sommerseth > > > [1] <http://www.openprinting.org/printers> > > _______________________________________________ > David, Thanks, we just had an HP and yes, while it is better compatible with Linux, the hardware was just aweful. It broke down finally so we are looking for a replacement and it looks like all the Canon PIXMA printers get much praise for being reliable, never jamming paper and never failing on the multi-page scans. Those were problems our HP Office Pro L7590 was doing all the time. Boris. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110301/926c4917/attachment-0005.html>